The annual salary statistics of pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $30,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,320 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,530 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,160 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,160. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,530. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $36,530 | -2.24% | 24.31% |
| 2021 | $37,350 | -8.09% | - |
| 2020 | $40,370 | 8.50% | - |
| 2019 | $36,940 | 1.98% | - |
| 2018 | $36,210 | -2.76% | - |
| 2017 | $37,210 | 4.25% | - |
| 2016 | $35,630 | 9.46% | - |
| 2015 | $32,260 | 7.56% | - |
| 2014 | $29,820 | 3.02% | - |
| 2013 | $28,920 | 4.39% | - |
| 2012 | $27,650 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $36,530, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers in state of New York, following the highest paying city Nassau-Suffolk (median annual salary of $38,610). Compared with Nassau-Suffolk, the median annual salary of pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfittershelpers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 5.4 percent (5.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Syracuse | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Rochester | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Ithaca | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown |